A critical revision of the Andrena Fabricius, 1775 of India, with the description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from Uttarakhand
Author
Gautam, R. K.
Author
Uniyal, V. P.
Author
Wood, Thomas J.
670C3E36-1D28-4FCA-887C-91D6116E6F9C
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
thomas.wood@naturalis.nl
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-08-29
948
1
59
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2637/12143
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2024.948.2637
2118-9773
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25.
Andrena
(
Taeniandrena
)
wilkella
(
Kirby, 1802
)
Listed by
Nurse (1904)
: Kashmir;
Meena & Dey (2019)
: Kashmir;
Ascher & Pickering (2023)
.
Remarks
Nurse (1904)
reported that
A. convexiuscula
(
Kirby, 1802
)
was “common” in Kashmir,
A. conveixuscula
being a known synonym of
A. wilkella
(
Gusenleitner & Schwarz 2002
)
. The subgenus
Taeniandrena
is taxonomically complex and often defies morphological delineation (
Praz
et al.
2022
), and historical species concepts cannot be used in a modern context. Whilst it is clear that Nurse was referring to a species of
Taeniandrena
, its identity must remain obscure until genetic sampling of the Indian
Taeniandrena
fauna is possible, as it is highly likely that true
A. wilkella
is not present. It is therefore excluded from the Indian fauna.